Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children and Adolescents in Sudan 2020–2021

Children and adolescents account for a small proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases, with mild and self-limiting clinical manifestations. The distribution and determinants of COVID-19 among this group in Sudan are unclear. This study used national COVID-19 surveillance data to study the epidemiology...

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Autores principales: Khairy, Amna, Elhussein, Narmin, Elbadri, Omer, Mohamed, Sanad, Malik, Elfatih M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10366901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37489496
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia4030025
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author Khairy, Amna
Elhussein, Narmin
Elbadri, Omer
Mohamed, Sanad
Malik, Elfatih M.
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description Children and adolescents account for a small proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases, with mild and self-limiting clinical manifestations. The distribution and determinants of COVID-19 among this group in Sudan are unclear. This study used national COVID-19 surveillance data to study the epidemiology of COVID-19 among children and adolescents in Sudan during 2020–2021. A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the reported incidence of children and adolescents with COVID-19; the clinical features; and the mortality among those who tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 3150 suspected cases of COVID-19 infection fulfilled the study criteria. The majority of cases were above 10 years of age, 52% (1635) were males, and 56% (1765) were asymptomatic. The reported incidence rates of COVID-19 among children and adolescents in Sudan was 1.3 per 10,000 in 2021. Fever, cough, and headache were the most frequent symptoms reported among the suspected cases. The case fatality rate was 0.2%. Binary logistic regression revealed that loss of smell was the most significantly associated symptom with a positive test. We recommend further study to identify risk factors. Additionally, we recommend including these age groups in the vaccination strategy in Sudan.
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spelling pubmed-103669012023-07-26 Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children and Adolescents in Sudan 2020–2021 Khairy, Amna Elhussein, Narmin Elbadri, Omer Mohamed, Sanad Malik, Elfatih M. Epidemiologia (Basel) Article Children and adolescents account for a small proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases, with mild and self-limiting clinical manifestations. The distribution and determinants of COVID-19 among this group in Sudan are unclear. This study used national COVID-19 surveillance data to study the epidemiology of COVID-19 among children and adolescents in Sudan during 2020–2021. A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the reported incidence of children and adolescents with COVID-19; the clinical features; and the mortality among those who tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 3150 suspected cases of COVID-19 infection fulfilled the study criteria. The majority of cases were above 10 years of age, 52% (1635) were males, and 56% (1765) were asymptomatic. The reported incidence rates of COVID-19 among children and adolescents in Sudan was 1.3 per 10,000 in 2021. Fever, cough, and headache were the most frequent symptoms reported among the suspected cases. The case fatality rate was 0.2%. Binary logistic regression revealed that loss of smell was the most significantly associated symptom with a positive test. We recommend further study to identify risk factors. Additionally, we recommend including these age groups in the vaccination strategy in Sudan. MDPI 2023-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10366901/ /pubmed/37489496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia4030025 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children and Adolescents in Sudan 2020–2021
title_fullStr Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children and Adolescents in Sudan 2020–2021
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children and Adolescents in Sudan 2020–2021
title_short Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children and Adolescents in Sudan 2020–2021
title_sort epidemiology of covid-19 among children and adolescents in sudan 2020–2021
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10366901/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia4030025
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